How Long Does Now Last
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Neuroscientists and psychologists have gathered evidence that now lasts on average between 2 and 3 seconds. This is the 'now' you are aware of – the window within which your brain fuses what you are experiencing into a “psychological present”. Others have claimed it is a microsecond. Consciousness, the receiver and processor of quantums of information is selective in what it processes and delivers as here and now.
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Does the clock tick over nows
as snap-shots of present passing?
Like an old movie made by flicking through images.
Scientists say now is not a timeless instant,
but lasts 2 to 3 seconds.
Surely you can make it last longer than that?
Most of my time is future or past, but I live in the present
no matter how momentary or fleeting it be.
For now, I'll savor mindfully,
each skerrick of time dished up
one at a time on flash cards.
Now what is here, after all?
Copyright © John Anderson | Year Posted 2017
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